Is there a company or person that will do your schoolwork?  Everything
from the start of the semester.

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Request for Question Clarification by missy-ga on 10 Oct 2002 19:06 PDT

Hi Fletcher,

Between your subject and your question, I'm a little puzzled.  Are you
seeking an online university to attend classes over the Internet, or
are you seeking to have someone do so for you?

The former, we can help you with. 

--Missy

Passing off another person's work as your own constitutes plagiarism.
Most (if not all) universities consider this a serious offence.
Penalties can include explusion, and revocation of degrees.

If you're not prepared to put in the work to earn a degree, I suggest
that university is not the place for you...

While "term paper mills" -- websites selling term papers or essays on
just about any topic imaginable -- have flourished massively in
recent years, the "writing is on the wall" for them. To combat this
rampant plagiarism (i.e. passing someone else's work off as your own),
some new web companies such as http://www.plagiarism.org and
http://www.turnitin.com have developed some amazing technology that is
pretty adept at identifying plagiarized papers. The first time a
certain paper is turned in, it gets added to a database. Thereafter,
anyone who turns the same paper in will be immediately busted (even if
they have made significant changes, since this software analyzes
patterns as well as exact wording).
 
Even if were possible to have someone do all your homework for you for
4 years, and you got a degree, and you actually got hired for a job,
you would be fired as soon as your company realized you didn't know
anything about what you were supposed to be doing (which might take
anywhere from a couple of hours to a few days). So there's really not
much point, is there?
 
You can decide that you really want to get a degree and get a good
job, and work hard to learn what you need to know to do so.
 
Or, you can pursue the only other viable alternative: 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=directory+of+fast+food+restaurant+chains&btnG=Google+Search

Google Answers is generally happy to help with specific schoolwork
questions; however, to solve all the answers in all a person's
schoolwork would be expensive.

I understand the motivation for aceresearcher-ga's comment, and I
agree with it, but only for certain very narrowly defined technical
fields and very specific companies. Speaking from my own personal
experience working in corporate America, getting and keeping most jobs
depends far more on people skills, connections, and your ability to
network than anything else.

Even in highly technical areas like computer programming, 99.99% of
companies don't really care that much about actual ability
programming: the key is to get along well with your boss and
co-workers. In fact, in most companies if you are too skilled you will
annoy your co-workers (and they will annoy you) and you will get in
trouble.

(Obviously there are a few top-notch companies that put a premium on
talent and skills, but these companies are rare, and they tend to get
bought out by larger competitors anyway.)

In conclusion, my job advice is this: if you get other people to do
your schoolwork for you make sure you have a lot of friends and get
along well with people.

Fletcher, I can assure you that 99.9% would be an inaccurate number of
companies who don't actually care about your skills. I've been in the
workforce 22 years, in all kinds of positions, and usually, the ones
with poor skills will be gone.  Especially during times of higher
unemployment.  As a matter of fact, it seems like the ones who know
"too much" are actually so valuable that they get excess work dumped
on them because of the incompetence of their peers.  I've seen it
happen many times.  I agree that some components of a college degree,
such as literature and physical education, are probably not necessary
for success in the workplace, but it's good for discipline and it does
help you to become a more well-rounded person; it can enhance
relationships with co-workers when you are able to talk intelligently
about different subjects and points of view.

Fletcher, I can assure you that 99.9% would be an inaccurate number of
companies who don't actually care about your skills. 

You're right.. actual figure is probably about 80 %. What he means I
think, is that companies care more about how you do the job (i.e.
contribute to the bottom line) than how much BS you can spout (like
people normally do in college.) Just because a person has good grades
don't mean he can do the work, or get on with his bosses and
co-workers.

I've been in the
workforce 22 years, in all kinds of positions, and usually, the ones
with poor skills will be gone.

True. But that means poor people skills as well. I think from your
expeerience you may find that even a skilled worker is not worth
keeping if he's disruptive.

Especially during times of higher unemployment.  As a matter of fact,
it seems like the ones who know "too much" are actually so valuable
that they get excess work dumped on them because of the incompetence
of their peers.

Yeah. They end up doing most of the work, but the others still get
paid (cos they have connections ? dunno.)

I've seen it happen many times.  I agree that some components of a
college degree, such as literature and physical education, are
probably not necessary
for success in the workplace, but it's good for discipline and it does
help you to become a more well-rounded person; it can enhance
relationships with co-workers when you are able to talk intelligently
about different subjects and points of view.

True. But wise to make sure who you're talking to. Someone really
qualified may call your bluff. :)

And to answer the question.. sure there are. But if you're called on
the carpet, how're you gonna answer the questions ? you can fool all
of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the
time, but you can;t fool all of the people all of the time. :)

PS. Yes, in real life it does depend on connections. But only to a
certain extent. Connections will get you in, but won't make sure you
stay in. Other people have connections too. But if you really do the
work, and your connections don't pan out, you can start your own biz
(look at yahoo, or dialpad.)